Democrats Perez, Parker confirmed as winners in Westchester

Candidate killed in crash may be on Ossining line

Sep. 12, 2013

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An embattled Westchester County legislator distanced herself from two challengers in District 17, while a candidate hoping to replace a retiring lawmaker added to her winning total in District 7.

Those were the storylines Thursday from the two major-party primaries for Westchester’s Board of Legislators, both of which pitted Democrats against each other and had incomplete voting-machine counts Tuesday night.

Legislator Virginia Perez — who did not receive her party’s endorsement after voting with Republicans on the 2013 county budget — apparently benefited from having two candidates in the race in southwest Yonkers.

While the results from the county Board of Elections are not official, Jose Roman and Nerissa Pena split the opposition vote, allowing the one-term lawmaker to build a commanding lead in a race with a 13 percent turnout.

With no Republican on the ballot in November, the primary is likely to be the decisive contest.

Along the Sound Shore, candidate Catherine Parker had already won her primary on Tuesday night after her opponent, Thomas Murphy, conceded despite a narrow margin separating the two.

Hoping to fill the seat of Democratic Legislator Judy Myers, Parker will face Republican John Verni in November.

Other updates

Yonkers: Michael Rotanelli appears to have won the Democratic line in the November election to replace City Council President Chuck Lesnick, who can’t run again because of term limits. Rotanelli leads Ivy Reeves by 128 votes, according to unofficial results from the county Board of Elections.

In the Democratic primary for Council District 2, Corazon Pineda apparently pulled off an upset, defeating Majority Leader Wilson Terrero by roughly 30 votes.

Mount Vernon: Three familiar faces secured their spots on the City Council.

With 100 percent of the machine vote and most absentee ballots counted, incumbents Yuhanna Edwards and Roberta Apuzzo and former Councilman Marcus Griffith held significant leads over their four opponents.

Ossining: Three days after his funeral, town justice candidate John Mangialardi appears to have won the Independence line in November’s election, according to unofficial results from the Westchester Board of Elections.

Douglas Colety, Republican commissioner of the Board of Elections, told The Journal News that Independence Party officials have the option of replacing Mangialardi on the ballot in November if he wins. The Democratic candidate is incumbent Nancy Quinn Koba.